水是干旱区生态系统存在的根本。其中，地表水、地下水的水量水质变化，及其与生态系统的关系研究是干旱区生态系统保护的基础。自2009年起，于静洁研究员带领研究团队结合973项目课题在黑河下游额济纳地区开展了连续的地表水、地下水及植被生态变化的监测研究，积累了宝贵的第一手的野外连续观测数据，对内陆河流域下游极端干旱区的水文环境变化及其生态影响取得了初步的认识。以下是研究团队近期在Hydrological Processes、Journal of Plant Ecology、Ecohydrology和Environmental Earth Sciences国际学术刊物上发表的SCI论文：

1.       Yichi Zhang(张一驰), Jingjie Yu(于静洁), Ping Wang(王平), et al. Vegetation responses to integrated water management in the Ejina basin, northwest China. Hydrological Processes, 2011, 25, 3448–3461.DOI: 10.1002/hyp.8073.

2.       Ping Wang(王平), Yichi Zhang(张一驰), Jingjie Yu(于静洁),et al. Vegetation dynamics induced by groundwater fluctuations in the lower Heihe River Basin, northwestern China. Journal of Plant Ecology, 2011, 4(1-2): 77-90. DOI: 10.1093/jpe/rtr002.

3.       Ping Wang(王平), Jingjie Yu(于静洁), Yichi Zhang(张一驰), et al. Impacts of environmental flow controls on the water table and groundwater chemistry in the Ejina Delta, northwestern China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 2011, 64(1): 15-24. DOI: 10.1007/s12665-010-0811-0.

4.       Juntao Zhu(朱军涛), Jingjie Yu(于静洁), Ping Wang(王平), et al. Interpreting the groundwater attributes influencing the distribution patterns of groundwater-dependent vegetation in northwestern China. Ecohydrology, Article first published online: 7 AUG 2011. DOI:10.1002/eco.249.